"I am new to VB and have a seemingly stupid question:  Is it possible to
run an existing dBase IV application..."

The answer is yes... but the question is why would you want to??  If you
reeeeaalllly want to do this look at the Shell command.

VB Forever...
    Gregg Drennan, DataFlo Corp., Omaha, NE
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